Re: GPIB serial poll of an instrument

[Stefan Mahr]

> Tried to install..
> 
> pkg install
> /home/imartinez/Downloads/inst_oct/octave-instrument-control-port2forge.tar.gz
> package name 'instrument-control' doesn't correspond to its filename
> 'octave-instrument-control-port2forge.tar'
> error: called from `pkg>install' in file /usr/share/octave/3.6.3/m/pkg/pkg.m
> near line 745, column 11
> error: called from:
> error:   /usr/share/octave/3.6.3/m/pkg/pkg.m at line 773, column 5
> error:   /usr/share/octave/3.6.3/m/pkg/pkg.m at line 383, column 9
> 
> I am a newbie installing package on octave.....I installed the previous
> version or inst-control
> So perhaps, is just me and my total inexperience with octave.

You should not rename the file.

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If gpib_spoll works as expected, you could also try the improved spoll
function:

a{1}=gpib(20,11);
a{2}=gpib(10,11);
out = spoll(a);

Note: It works with cells, not with arrays like matlab.

Stefan